12-letter words containing k, o, t, a
- capitol peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,130 feet (4310 meters).
- cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.
- cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
- charity work — unpaid work, usually fundraising, done in aid of a charity
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chuck off at — to abuse or make fun of
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- come back to — If you come back to a topic or point, you talk about it again later.
- compact disk — an optical disk approximately 4.75 inches (12 cm) in diameter, on which a program, data, music, etc., is digitally encoded for a laser beam to scan, decode, and transmit to a playback system, computer monitor, or television set. Abbreviation: CD.
- conduct mark — (in school) a mark for behaviour
- cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
- country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
- crook rafter — a rafter for maintaining the angle between a principal rafter and a tie or collar beam.
- cryoplankton — minute organisms, esp algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water
- csk software — (company) An international software company formed by the merger of Quay Financial Software and Micrognosis, and fully owned by CSK Corporation, Japan. CSK Software is based in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with offices in London (UK), Zurich (Switzerland), Madrid (Spain), and Singapore. Products segments are RDD: Real-time data delivery, main product is Slingshot for delivering real-time data over the Internet (real push technology). ETS: Electronic Trading Systems, price calculation and automatic trading (with connections to XONTRO and XETRA). EAI: Enterprise Application Integration, main product is XGen, a universal message converter with GUI and connections also to SWIFT. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: CSK Software AG, Opernplatz 2, D-60313 Frankfurt, Germany. Tel: +49 (69) 509 520. Fax: +49 (69) 5095 2333.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- cytoskeletal — of or relating to a cytoskeleton
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- don't ask me — You reply 'don't ask me' when you do not know the answer to a question, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that you have been asked.
- donald knuth — (person) Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- factory work — work in a factory
- farm to fork — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- farm-to-fork — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- forex market — short for
- fort jackson — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.
- fort kearney — a former fort in S Nebraska, near Kearney: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- hack to bits — to damage severely